Weather strip



y 2 Sheets-Sheet l F. REESE WEATHER STRIP Nov. 9, 1943.

Filed March 17, 1941 F. REESE WEATHER STRIP Nov. 9, 1943.'

Filed March 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov, 9, 1943 'TWEAWHER SIRH n flleese,` Excelsior, Minn., assignoito Reese LMetlWea'ther Strip Co.,1t1'inir`ea,pols", Minn), a "corporation ofMinnesota `fer-med meetingir'aillgroeve. present invention contemplates tHe provi-- sion fof weather-stripping -eqiiprnentfora'ppiic- `tiem to window trames Tong themrting beleids thereof and along' the mileeeut'` petitions Ae1 the window sashesg-suel equiiirrlet pfflfl'gsV or Stoppers associated therewithto Tende the window stiwuctures: eempltety weatheitight, en" objeet Toi? "theinventon'bing tei provide: such weatherestripp'ing equipment oi 'hgh'ly'effeient chaazcter'amwof sil'nle', diirableasnd reieftiveiy inexpensive .construction in which meeting rail plusser stoppersmaybe i'r-xcorporafted at theweathenstripfaetory ynii' elsewhere send which with such dust plugs or Stoppers assooiatei therewithA may bef readily' appliedte lvilfw'fefw frames `:md sa'shes' sift-lie sash'taietoafyorlbuiding site by invention resides-:in-the`fmovel enlanbilnfzttim-'x and arrangementof paftsian: mrthe "details of con@ struction Hereinafter described 1.aand ciaimee'l;`

In the drawings; Fi. `1 is' a fragmentary horimontati' sectional' vie/W of: onefside `of* s; double-hung window stmotuifeinfwhichtlfiesashes are shut, said `View' a sid'e member lof the frame wim-'imparting beadtogethezrlwth adjacent poriii) les

With the foregoingf Zazifi'ezl other Velojeets in view,

tions "olf the* meeting rails of thesashes', and showing paisa immoved weathersstfpping appii'ed to?" such strut'etute; FigfZ `is, aj fragmentai'y' View parrtiy ineievation and 4pelztlyir'i section, the' seaftionbeingftaken asf-outils. line 27-'21 ot Fig; "1 and said View representing tlewindnw stmoture as A5seen fnomthe insiderfthereof" with the lower sashremovedi; Fig.` 3' is afi'ag'mentaury View partly le'l'evesti-err and part1y"n-""s'etion, 'the' section takensvon the linie Ts---t` of'E'g. 1` and said viewl nepiresenfting the Window structure as seen 1fi'cxnltiie outsidefthereoffwith the `upper sash removedilig, sis fragmentary Viewl of the windowsticture' shownin' Figs. 1li-3, said Vewshmvi-V img vertieaslseetion-portiens of the upper and lower sesiies snfdshowng inelevation al por# of the side' member ofthe freine together with its parting :bead and' my irnpovec1weather#-y stripping appliedf theto and; to sai'dsashes:

-Referenleefbeng to: the accompanying dfr'awt ings, wherein `similir parts are designatedfby similar" refereifmecharaeteis; it" Willbe seen that -thef mneinai views iragmentarily 'i-Hustrate" one sfide of' a' conventional nimble-hung Windfew struc:` ture `er1-iipeuitioiilufiythese parts of 'such struetufre pmximity" to the 1`v1` wherein `the meeting rails of the upper 'andlower ssshesy 'come together wen-,the sets-Tiesei-"enf"shut; l M The Window "fijameA'incu'deS a side jamb' i0-, inner and oute' stops |I,"|l24 and 'a parting`^bead setn algroove linfsaidjemb HL Slidably mounted in the windev; nieme- A between the parting bead t3,`- and outer` stop lf2' issn upper Window sash" .i511 `having a meeting *r'eil'V f5 at the bottom thereofhandsin'irlarly"V mounted in saclv frame between said parting bead I3 and the inner stop II is a lower sash I1 having a meeting rail I6 at the top thereof. Said meeting rails I6 of said sashes I5, I1 have the usual oppositely beveled meeting portions I8 formed at their ends with rabbets I9, each accommodating its respective portion of the parting bead I3 and each having a sideivallZlLspaced fromits adjacent side.

of said bead'and also an end-wall 2|v spacedfrom.' the edge of said beady I3, the side wall 20 lying flush with the corresponding face of'the sash stile 22.

The parting bead I3 is formed in upper and lower sections abutting each otherv end to end approximately at the centerline of the adjoined jA meeting rails I6.

edge of said web 23. Clipped tothe framestrip section B in this manner, saidstopper strip 35 Y is secured thereto with said shoulders 38 planted against the web 23. The width of the stopper strip 35 and the offsetting of the guide portion` y width of said strip approximating the'distance lcetweeny the anges 3I of the sash strips C and the extent of the offset of the guide portion 36 from, the shoulders approximating the dis- `i tance-between the web 23 of the frame strip sec- The weather stripping illustrated in ernbodi`l ment of the present invention includes "a frame r" strip comprising upper and lower frame strip sec-., tions B, B', sash strips C for the upper and lower jsashes I5, I1 and a dust plug lor ,stopper D-associated with said-upper frame stripl section: B. Each ofthe frame strip sections B, B' consists of a length-of sheet metal longitudinallybent to form aweb 23legs 24 and flanges 25,y said web 23. and legs 24 providing Aan 'outwardly opening channel 26 embracing the parting bead (I3 and said legs 24 and flanges 25 providing'inwardly opening channels 21 at opposite sides 'of said -bead1l3.` The lowerV end ofthe upper section B and the upper end of the lower section B of the frame strip meet at -a'level slightly beneathv the meetinglplane of the -upperand lower 'sections :ofthe parting -bead I3 and both sections arese- -cured lto said parting bead by means of screws 28 extending through the webs 23 of said sections and -threaded into said` bead I3.l Each sash stripfC consists of alength of sheet metal longitudinally bent to form an attaching lip 29,?a'leg 30 disposed at right angles to said lip, anda-flange 3Iturned Abacklfromsaid leg into spaced parallelism with `terlockingly receives the corresponding flanges -25 of the frame strip sections B, B', said flange 3l of said sash strip C being at'thesametirne similarly received in theinwardly opening, channel 21 ofjsaid frame strip sections formed bythe kcorresponding frame strip flanges 25 and the companion leg v21I.

G f The web 23 of the upper frame strip section B is formed with a transverse slot 33 therein near thelower end thereof and between said end of said strip and said-slot, said web is further formed 4 with protuberances 34 struck outwardly therefrom.

" 'I 'he Adust plug 'or stopper D includes a metallic `strip 35 transversely bent to provide an upright intermediateguide portion 36, upper and lower cam portions 31 in continuation of said guide portion and symmetrically inclined therefrom, co-

`planar shoulders 38 in continuation of said cam portions 31 disposed in a plane oiset from the plane of said guide portion 36, and reduced terminal. portions or .clips 39 turned back` from said shoulders 38. The upper clip 39 of the stopper strip 35 is threaded through the slot 33 in theweb 23` of the upper frame strip section B and is clinched behind said web, while the lower clip 33 of said stopper stripis clinched Vabout the lower f' .-'Lwiththe'frame strip section B and sash strip'C renders the window structure substantially The provision insectional form of tion Band the back wall of said rabbet-formed groove. l '111115, 'the `transversely bent stopper strip 354 in itself eifectually obstructs the gap in said groove, when the sashes are shut, and together weather tight.

The. cam portions: 31 of they stopper stripfll facilitates-thenalfshifting off the sashesIS in shutting the same, the 'upper cam porticn 31 c0 operating with-the meeting rail II6 of.- the'i lower sash to centerpthe same in the window frame;

and the lower cam portion 31 likewisecooperating with themeeting .rail I6 vof the upper sash.

yIn addition to ,thev stopper. strip V35,"'Iprefe'r inmost cases .to employ :a thin pad 4I) of felt or a similar lnller-piece of oblong rectangular formation whichl is backed iiatwiseuagainststhe web 23-of theframe strip sectlonrB and r` tied in place in such position by the4 stopper strip I5 with the outwardly punched `protuberances 34. of saidweb piercing the materialofthe pad'.

Insuch disposition of such pad or Afiller-piece 40, the upper-'cam portion31 of the stopperstrip '35,overreaches the upper edge of said ller-plece while thel lower cam portion 31 of saidv stopper" their respective sash strips C. lThus, the comibinationlof said stopper; strip 35- and padi affords an effective sealingfobstruction inthe gap in the,rabbet-formedgroove of fthe adjolned meetingrails I 6 having no appreciable interference .with the-usual opening and' closing movementsv of the window sashes. y

bead I3 and of the frame stripping is vpreferred to facilitate the application ofthe window sashes* I5,` I1 to and the removal thereofk from thewlndow yframe A, and invthus providing said vframe strip sections B, B', thefapplication to thesection B of the lower ,end of thestopperstripll is simplified in, requiringonly lthe `clinching Vof the lower clip.39 about ,the lloweredgevoi.' the frame stripping at the `weather strip factory, sash mill `or building site asnd that :applied to such Upper stripsections, said plugs or Stoppers, with- .f out vfurther attention, will assume their properf` places upon the application of the weatherstrips .to a` window structure.v Changes in the specific form Vof my invention,

as herein disclosed,` may bel made within .the

scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention. 1 f V,I-Iaving,described my invention, what Lcialm as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent 1s:

l. Weather stripping for a side of a doublehung window with sashes having rabbets in their meeting rails conforming with their respective portions of the parting bead of the window frame and forming, in the adjoined relationship of said rails, a gapping groove loosely receiving the parting bead, said Weather stripping consisting of a frame strip comprising upperand lower sections adjoined end to end at the level of the adjoined meeting rails and extending'along the parting bead, each of said frame strip sections including a web overlying the edge of said bead, the upper frame strip section having protuberances at its lower portion struck outwardly from the web thereof and having a transverse vslot formed in said web above said protuberances, sash strips, one foreach of the sashes, each sash strip interlockingly cooperating with said frame sections and extending along the stile of its `respective sash and the side wall of the rabbet in the meeting rail thereof, a stopper for plugging the gap in said rabbet-formed meeting rail groove,

said stopper comprising a filler-pad backed against said lower portion of the web of the upper frame strip section and its outwardly struck protuberances, and an upright tie-strip embrac` ing said filler-pad and securing the same to said frame strip, the upper portion of said tie-strip being terminally caught in said slot in said web of the upper frame strip section and downwardly inclined to overreach the upper edge of said iller-pad for cam-like coaction with the lower sash, and the lower portion of said tie-,strip being terminally caught about the lower edge, of said web of said upper frame strip section and inclined to underreach the lower edge of the filler-pad for cam-like coaction with the upper sash.

2. Weather stripping for a side of a doublehung window with sashes having rabbets in their meeting rails conforming with their respective portions of the parting bead of the window frame and forming, in the adjoined'relationship of said rails, a gapping groove loosely receiving the parting bead, said Weather stripping consisting of a frame strip comprisingl upper and lower sections adjoined end to end at the level ofthe adjoined meeting rails and extending along lthe parting bead, each of said frame strip sections including a web overlying the edge of said bead,

the upper frame strip section having a transverse of, a stopper for plugging the gap in said rab-y oet-,formed meeting rail groove, said stopper' comprising a filler-pad backed against said lower portion of the web of the upper frame strip section and an upright tie-strip embracing said said rails, a gapping groove loosely receiving the parting bead, said weather stripping consisting of a frame strip vextending along the parting bead and including a web overlying the edge of said bead, sash strips, one for each of the sashes, each sash strip cooperating with said frame strip and extending along the stile of its respective sash and the side Wall of the rabbet in the meeting rail thereof, a stopper for plugging the gap in said rabbet-formed meeting rail groove, said stopper comprising a filler-pad, backed against the web of the frame strip and an upright tie-strip embracing said filler-pad and securing the same to said frame strip, the upper portion ci'v said tie-strip being fastened at its terminal to said web of the frame strip and downwardly inclined to overreach the upper edge of said filler-pad for cam-like coaction with the lower sash,'ai1d the lower portion of said tiestrip being fastened at its terminal to said web and upwardly inclined to underreach the lower edge of the ller-pad for cam-like coaction with the upper sash, the intermediate portion of said tie-strip extending along the face 0f the iillerpad and lying adjacent to the back wall of said rabbet formed meeting rail groove, each side edge of said filler-pad being slidably contacted by its respective sash strip.

4. Weather stripping for a side of a doublehung window having a frame, sashes, and a parting bead on said frame for the sashes, said sashes having rabbets in their meeting rails conforming with their respective portions of the filler-pad and securing the same to said frame strip, the upper portion of said tie-strip being terminally caught in said slot in said web of the upper frame strip section and the lower portion o1" said tie-strip being terminally caught about the lower edge of saidl web of said upper frame strip section. Y

3. Weather stripping for a side of a double` hung window with sashes having rabbets in their meeting rails conforming withv their respective portions of the parting bead of the window frame and forming, in the adjoined relationship of sashes, `each sash strip cooperating with said frame sections and extending along the stile of its respective sash and the side Wall of the rabbet in the meeting rail thereof, a stopper cooperating with said sash stripsl and with the back walls of said rabbets to plug the gap in said meeting rail groove, said stopper comprising a filler-pad mounted on the upper frame strip section at ftne lower portion thereof adjacent the adjoining upper end of said lower frame strip section.v Y

5. Weather stripping for a side of a doublehung window having a frame, sashes, and a parting bead onsaid .trame for the sashes, said sashes having rabbets in their meeting rails conforming with their respective portions of the parting bead and forming, in the adjoined relationship of parting bead, said weather stripping consisting of a frame strip comprising upper and lower sections disposed end to end in adjoining relationship at the level of the adjoined meeting rails and extending along the parting bead, sash strips, one for each of the sashes, each sash strip cooperating with said frame sections and eX- tending along the stile of its respective sash and the side wall of the rabbet in the meeting rail thereof, a stopper cooperating with said sash `strips and with the back walls oi' said rabbets to plug the gap in said meeting rail groove, said stopper being mounted on one of said frame strip sections at the end portion thereof adjoining the other of said sections.

FRANKREESE. 

